I've got my anti-witch spray!

[linz143]

Eeek! Yay Wishin! 8 Weeks is an awesome week to have a scan cause you can actually see their little head! Our baby girl even gave a wiggle during the ultrasound. It was magical! lol

 

[LittleSpy]

Cris -- Yay! 8 weeks seems so robust to me for some reason.

I'm so excited about your ultrasound on Thursday! And mine next Monday! Haha, I hope I get one because I'm going to be so sad now if I don't!

 

[wishnhoping]

Im going to see a head?! thats so exciting! I cant wait now!

Lilspy- youll be there soon enough. I dont think they will do much for me at my Monday appt so Im looking forward to the thursday one a little more! mostly because they know i was seeing the specialist and already got scans so i bet they wont do one! I hope you get one though! this week seems to be dragging arghhhhh

 

[linz143]

Wishin, I've attached my 8 week scan for you!

 

[wishnhoping]

Awww it looks like a baby!!!!! I hope I get a good pic Thursday!

I am being drawn towards thinking its a girl now....Im not going to trust my instinct too much though becasue I was convinced Brayden was a girl until my 20week ultrasound when they showed me a penis....haha

Im still nervous about seeing a heartbeat these forums seriously have me so freaked out. I am on babycenter which seems to have less loss stories than BnB but its all still very nervewrecking..

 

[wishnhoping]

Oh I forgot to askk......did anyone else come up with a name yet? I believe G was going with Benjamin but a lot of you girls already know the sex so was wondering if you had names picked out

 

[LittleSpy]

Cris -- Looks like we'll be switching clothes. I'm definitely feeling very boy right now.

 

[linz143]

I think I shared our name. We are going with Quinn Anya.

And seriously, I remember first tri being full of losses, too. At a certain point I just had to stay out of there. Do remember though that once you've observed a heartbeat, your chances of something going wrong drop, and then when you hit 8 weeks with a heartbeat your chances go down to 5% of something going wrong.

If I told you that you had a 95% chance of winning the lottery would you all but assume that it was already yours? Everything will be fine!!

 

[LittleSpy]

If this one's a boy, we'll probably go with Isaac Alan. I don't love Alan, but it's hubby's middle name and he really likes it. Of course, as soon as it actually comes down to naming the baby, I'll probably want to change it.

If this one is a girl, lord help us. Of course, we were in this same situation with Maisie -- We've had our boy name all set for years. We'll never have a boy.

 

[giraffes]

Linz - that's a beautiful name

Wishin - stay out of 1st Tri, I remember it being a horrendous forum! Remember, positive and normal stories don't get posted.

Lilspy - hope you get your scan!

AFM - met my general surgeon today (he has to come to my section because of all my previous surgeries) and it turns out he can't make the date of my section, so it may be a week earlier than we had thought (26th Sept). Which would mean I'm having a baby next month!!!!! Eeeeeekkkkkk. My obstetrician is away at the moment so she will have the final say on her return.

 

[linz143]

OMG Giraffes, that is exciting!! So how many weeks would that put you at if they do the section on Sept 26th?

 

[wishnhoping]

G- OMG THATS SO SOON!!!!! Like crazy soon! Super excited for you! thats only a month away! Cant wait to see pics of little ones popping up on our thread!

Linz- thanks for always reassuring me. Just when I think I am calm and optimistic I will read a horrible story and panic all over again. I really am not goign into BnB's first tri too much maybe once a week to see if there are any fun threads..but been hanging out on babycenter they have more optimistic threads about choosing names, how to anounce to family, etc. I was on baby center for my son's pregnancy and I dont remember it being so boring though haha. I think its just because I already know a lot of the information now so I dont feel as interested. There are a lot of what not to eat posts too lol... PS- Love the name...I do remember you posting it but wasnt sure if it had become your final decision yet or not. Isnt it nice to call your bump something other than "it"

Julie- I will most def trade with you! When is your next trip to Maryland? I cant beleive we still havent met!

 

[giraffes]

38+4 weeks, so past the 37 week term, but before the ideal 39 weeks for a section.

On a really sad and scary note, I've just had a message to say that a friend's baby has had to be rushed for emergency surgery on a congenital heart defect. She was only born a few days ago, and they hadn't picked it up on a scan. Apart from being upset for my friend, it's really given me the heeby-jeebies, you assume that they find everything on those scans and the thought that there could be something wrong and you not know it is terrifying. Anyway, please pray for baby Ruby and her parents.

 

[wishnhoping]

***BIG HUGS G*** I know how it is to hear of something going wrong and your heart just sinks...Ill be thinking of your friends

PS- I had my son at 38+5 and he was more than ready to come out. He weighed 8lbs 9oz 21 inches...good grief..If I had gone any longer than that he could have been a 10lber!

 

[LittleSpy]

Cris -- I'll be just south of DC in the middle of October. The bestie's wedding is in Fredericksburg and we're staying a few nights with FIL in Montclair. Unfortunately, that'll be just a few DAYS before we'll have our gender ultrasound at 15 weeks (because, let's face it, I'm paying for one. I can't wait until 20 weeks ). I know that's still probably a coupl hours away from you, especially in DC traffic, but that's the closest I'm coming in the forseeable future. My best friend still lives in Fort Washington, but she's working in Annandale now, so they'll probably move to VA soon (after the wedding. They currently live with her MIL).

 

[LittleSpy]

Giraffes -- Oh no!! They'll definitely be in my thoughts. I think it's rare for them not to see it on your ultrasounds.
Unfortunately, one of my good friends from the website Cris and I know each other from had a baby 6 weeks before before Maisie was born. He had a very severe form and they hadn't found it on either of her scans, either. Didn't discover it until they noticed a murmur the day he was born. His was very, very serious and a very, very rare form of defect. He was actually missing his pulmonary artery among other things. He beat all odds and survived several surgeries to repair his defect. He did so well he even got to go home! But he did go into cardiac arrest and passed away just before he turned 6 months old. So awful. I'll never forget reading the message from his mom. It took me forever to process it and then I felt really guilty for having such a healthy baby of my own. Some days it's still hard for her to even talk to us.

The rates of CHD are scary. You just have to keep in mind CHDs that severe are super rare. Of course we don't want our children to be sick at all, but there are many CHDs that are perfectly treatable and repairable with amazing survival rates. And even as terrible as Gabe's condition was, good came from it -- her family has started a nonprofit organization raising awareness for CHD and providing care packages for families with children in the hospital with CHD. I've donated blood twice in the last 6 months SOLELY because Gabriel needed so many transfusions in his short lifetime. Selfish, but I don't think I ever would have started donating blood if it wasn't for that little boy.

 

[LittleSpy]

Really excited for you, Giraffes! Wow, next month!

Ha, my friend is due 9 days after me. She had a c-section with her first and isn't sure whether or not she wants to try VBAC or not, so will probably have a c-section at 39 weeks. I've already threatened her about having her baby before I have mine. I just know she will, though. She'll have hers at 39 weeks on April 13 and I'll have to be induced after I'm past even her due date. Just like with our dds. She was due just a week before me and her daughter is almost 3 weeks older than mine.

 

[wishnhoping]

OMG I dont think I could ever go over 40 weeks thats just crazy talk. I was measuring 2-3 weeks ahead from like 6 months on and they kept moving my due date but m son was just a big kiddo. I had an induction date of Nov 17 - but he decided to show up Nov 13 It was a full moon that day so I was totally expecting it!

I had also been walking around 3cm for over a month

I will NEVER forget going into labor. I had been having trouble sleeping so I was up at like 1am playing on babycenter...I drank a glass of chocolate milk (TMI warning- chocolate milk always gives me the runs but I still drink it because its so delicious). Well that was enough to start the process. I went ot the bathroom lost my mucus plug and shortly after started having contraction. I had been having braxton hicks for awhile so I knew these were different. I went downstairs to my computer to track how far apart they were..they were varying from like 2 minutes to 8 minutes. At this point it was like 4am Im trying not to freak out and finally decide that I am in labor (contractions were about 5 mins apart- and painful!) My husband had to be up at 5am to work so I decided not to wake him so he could get some more rest. At a little past 4:30 he woke up to use the bathroom and saw me sitting on the toilet. I calmly told him I thought I was in labor and to grab my phone to call the doctor to see what they wanted me to do. They told him that I should go in due to my contractions being so close together. My biggest worry was that my water would break in all over my bed, or my car, etc so I was so scared to get into the car and go to the hospital. 13 hours later I gave birth to my beautiful baby boy. 2:39pm....just in time for hubby not to miss his favorite TV show..Dr. Phil. He actually told me to "push faster" becasue Dr. Phil was about to come on...JERK!

 

[wishnhoping]

Julie- I think we will either find out at the same time or you will find out first! I am def not paying for early scans. I might pay for a 3d one this time though...never gotten one before

 

[LittleSpy]

Haha, Cris. I was walking around in false labor 3cm dilated for weeks, too. I finally threw in the towel and scheduled induction at 40+5. I was so sick of the prodromal labor. Ugh. My OBs had been offering induction for a week at that point because I was so dilated and effaced already. I was trying to hold out to go naturally but my husband talked me into it because the element of surprise really freaked him out. I really don't know that I would've gone into labor on my own before the OBs started insisting on induction. Haha, I remember seeing the nurse at my last OB appointment at 40+3. She asked how many weeks I was and I said "Over 40. And no offense, but I hope this is the last time I see you for at least 6 weeks" and just kind of glared at her.

It's easy to say this now, but I'm going to try so hard not to elect induction this time. I didn't have a bad experience or anything, I just like not knowing when it's going to happen (which is so unlike me). I guess it's the slightly-crunchy part of me.